Dictionnaire des symboles : Mythes, rêves, coutumes, gestes, formes, figures, couleurs, nombres
Alain Gheerbrant / Jean Chevalier … John Buchanan-Brown
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A bestseller in France, where it was originally published, this supremely erudite book draws together folkloric, literary, and artistic sources and focuses on the symbolic dimension of every color, number, sound, gesture, expression, or character trait that has benefited from symbolic interpretation.